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Ebstorf Abbey ((ドイツ語:Abtei Ebstorf) or (ドイツ語:Kloster Ebstorf)) is a former Benedictine monastery of nuns. Today it serves as a German convent, or residence for women, near the Lower Saxon town of Uelzen. == History == The abbey was founded around 1160 as the Priory of Saint Maurice for the Premonstratensian Canons Regular by Volrad von Bodwede, Count of Dannenberg, and a nephew of Henry the Lion. By founding the priory, Volrad hoped to consolidate his influence over the region. It is mentioned in the records for the first time in 1197. It belongs to the six so-called ''Lüneklöstern'' (monasteries of Lüne) which became Lutheran convents following the Protestant Reformation. After a fire in the 13th century the house was given to the Benedictine nuns of Walsrode Abbey who established a daughter house there, and Ebstorf became a place of Marian pilgrimage (''Marienwallfahrtsort''). The abbey buildings, dating from the 14th century and built in a North German Brick Gothic style, are fully preserved today, as is the church, which still has the raised nun's gallery. The ''Propstei'' (provostry) dates to the 15th century. In the 15th century the life of the nuns changed, as a result of their being placed under the reforming program of the newly established Bursfelde Congregation, that demanded a stricter way of life. In 1529 the Duke of Welf, Ernest the Confessor from Celle converted the monastery to a Lutheran convent, but the transformation of the monastery was not completed until 1565. It is currently one of several Lutheran convents that are maintained by the ''Monastic Chamber of Hanover'' ((ドイツ語:Klosterkammer Hannover)), an institution of the former Kingdom of Hanover founded by its Prince-Regent, later King George IV of the United Kingdom, in 1818, in order to manage and preserve the estates of Lutheran convents on their behalf. It is now maintained as an institution of Hanover's successor state of Lower Saxony. Lutheran women still live there today under the authority of a Lutheran abbess. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ebstorf Abbey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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